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If you are reading this, you may have just been served with documents that included the words “ex parte”. It may have been a motion, a petition, or an order. You probably received the document from a process server, and that signaled to you that this was pretty serious (and yes, this is serious!). Even if you […]
Child support is based on a specific formula. Either your attorney, the Friend of the Court, or a judge will calculate the child support amount. When a parent has limited or no income, they are surprised when they still have to pay support. For example, a stay-at-home mom with no income may still be ordered to pay […]
When a parent fails or refuses to seek treatment when they struggle with mental illness, a divorce or child custody dispute sometimes becomes inevitable. Unfortunately, after struggling as a family unit, child custody litigation tends to be a struggle as well. We’ve outlined some of the difficulties. Lack of Preparation. Some parents end up divorcing the addicted spouse unexpectedly. Their […]
When someone is stuck in a relationship where the partner threatens or goes beyond threats and is violent, it may be difficult for the victim to quickly find the domestic violence relief necessary and the right type of relief for that situation. We’d like to help you sort out your options. Michigan judges can provide you with […]
When a spouse or co-parent struggles with mental illness, it often affects relationships. Sometimes mental health problems affect the relationship so much that it contributes to the collapse of the relationship. When clients visit us, they often ask us how their mental illness or their spouse or co-parent’s behaviors will affect the divorce or child custody. […]
Discovery When you have a dispute, how do you really prove your case to the judge? For example, your child tells you that the other parent is at work during their parenting time, so how do you prove that? You believe that your spouse earns a lot more money and should be paying a lot more in support. How […]
As Grand Rapids divorce lawyers, we see spouses decide to end their marriages for a wide variety of reasons. However, we also know that money and financial planning disagreements often loom large. Couples who disagree widely on savings and investments are twice as likely to call it quits than those who are on the same page, according to a […]
As Grand Rapids divorce lawyers with decades of combined experience, we see couples decide to split for a wide range of different reasons. Unfortunately, physical and emotional abuse by one spouse often underlies the decision. Domestic violence cases are increasing across Michigan, according to new data from the state police. The data show that the number of people victimized […]
If this is the first year that you are going to be alone, without a spouse, or without your children during the holidays, it’s time to prepare so that you will survive this as well as possible. Let’s be honest, the holidays will be difficult. It will be difficult on so many levels. We’d like to […]
People get married and divorced at a wide range of ages, with the legal and financial complications of tying the knot or calling it quits varying based on your stage in life. A pair of recent op-eds shines a light on “gray divorce.” At CNN, psychologist John Duffy uses the recent news that Bill and […]